Stupid Quotes - Page 25

• I said it, just like that. No stupid jokes, no changing the subject. For once, I wasn't embarrassed, because it was the truth. I had fallen. I think I had always been falling. And she might as well know, if she didn't already, because there was no going back now. Not for me.

  Kami Garcia

  Fall, Thinking, Might

  "Beautiful Creatures". Book by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, books.google.ru. December 1, 2009.

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• I'm not stupid!" In Bean's experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove its own inaccuracy.

  Orson Scott Card

  Beans, Prove, Sentences

  Orson Scott Card (2002). “Ender's Shadow”, p.113, Macmillan

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• It is hard not to see into the future, faced with today's blind architecture - a thousand times more stupid and more revolting than that of other ages. How bored we shall be inside!

  Andre Breton

  Bored, Age, Today

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• Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives.

  Charles de Lint

  Dull Life, People, Way

  Charles de Lint (2003). “From a Whisper to a Scream”, p.103, Macmillan

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• In this lifetime you're nothing more than you appear to be: a stupid, selfish, ignorant, spoiled little girl who thinks the world lives or dies on whether she gets to go out with some good-looking boy at school. [...] I'd still relish this moment, killing you.

  Lauren Kate

  Girl, Selfish, School

  "Fallen: Angels in the Dark". Book by Lauren Kate, December 10, 2013.

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• Okay," I said, clasping her hand. "I swear it. The next time I do something stupid that might get me killed, you can come along.

  Richelle Mead

  Hands, Might, Next

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.839, Penguin

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• Its big men are mostly little men with fancy offices and a lot of money. A great many of them are stupid little men, with reach-me-down brains, small-town arrogance and a sort of animal knack of smelling out the taste of the stupidest part of the public. They have played in luck so long that they have come to mistake luck for enlightenment." - on Hollywood

  Raymond Chandler

  Mistake, Animal, Men

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• And that's where our conversation went from there, than God, both of us laughing our butts off at the thought of a hoops game between two teams on intravenous fluids. Which makes absolutely no sense at all; I know that. But that's why it cheered me up, because it was so absolutely stupid. It cheered me up more than I'd ever thought I'd be cheered up again.

  Catherine Gilbert Murdock

  Team, Games, Two

  Catherine Gilbert Murdock (2009). “Front and Center”, p.205, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• My grandfather would have loved to have met you," he told her huskily. "He would have called you 'She Moves Trees Out of His Path.' " She looked lost, but his da laughed. He'd known the old man, too. "He called me 'He Who Must Run into Trees,'" Charles explained, and in a spirit of honesty, a need for his mate to know who he was, he continued, "or sometimes 'Running Eagle.' " " 'Running Eagle'?" Anna puzzled it over, frowning at him. "What's wrong with that?" "Too stupid to fly," murmured his father with a little smile.

  Patricia Briggs

  Running, Honesty, Father

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• I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights." Now that we were safely down the mountain, her eyes had their usual angry look. "Don't be stupid." That explains why you freaked out on Apollo's bus. Why you didn't want to talk about it." She took a deep breath. Then she brushed the pine needles out of her hair. "If you tell anyone, I swear—" No, no," I said. "That's cool. It's just… the daughter of Zeus, the Lord of the Sky, afraid of heights?

  Rick Riordan

  Daughter, Eye, Hair

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• I survive all those battles," she growled, "and I get defeated by a stupid chunk of rock!

  Rick Riordan

  Rocks, Battle, Defeated

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.1160, Penguin UK

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• Feminist,” he said, clearly amused. “Next you’ll be telling us you hate men.” She gave him a blank look. “I only hate stupid men who don’t actually understand what ‘feminist’ means.” He laughed. “You run into a lot of men like that?” “All the time.” “Really?” “Even as we speak, Nick.” “Oh no she didn’t,” said Peter. I groaned.

  Richelle Mead

  Running, Hate, Mean

  Richelle Mead (2012). “Succubus Dreams”, p.100, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• It sounded stupid, but of course everything does when you're just getting the bare bones facts, only the basics.

  Sarah Dessen

  Doe, Facts, Bones

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.126, Penguin

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• I wish to weep but sorrow is stupid. I wish to believe but belief is a graveyard.

  Charles Bukowski

  Sad, Believe, Sorrow

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• People talk to old people like they're children.'Oh you're very old aren't you?' Yeah I'm old. I'm not stupid.

  Craig Ferguson

  Life, Children, People

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• Hiccup: Thank You For Nothing You Stupid Reptile.

  Cressida Cowell

  Reptiles, Hiccups

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• I feared Sarah was one of those women who instead of laughing said, "That's funny," or instead of smiling said, "That's interesting," or instead of saying, "You are a stupid blithering idiot," said, "Well I think it's a little more complicated than that.

  Lorrie Moore

  Thinking, Laughing, Interesting

  Lorrie Moore (2009). “A Gate at the Stairs”, p.21, Vintage

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• Ralston stiffened at the reference to the stupid wager that caused so much pain and unhappiness. He ignored Oxford's proffered hand, and instead met the baron's concerned gaze, and said, "Keep the money. I have her. She's all I want.

  Sarah MacLean

  Pain, Hands, Oxford

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• I was no Cherokee. I was no warrior. I was nobody special. I was just a girl, scared and angry. When I saw myself in Daddy Glen's eyes, I wanted to die. No, I wanted to be already dead, cold and gone. Everything felt hopeless. He looked at me and I was ashamed of myself. It was like sliding down an endless hole, seeing myself at the bottom, dirty, ragged, poor, stupid.

  Dorothy Allison

  Girl, Dirty, Eye

  Dorothy Allison (2005). “Bastard Out of Carolina: A Novel”, p.192, Penguin

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• Redd turned to her assassins. "What is it I always say?" The Cat, Sacrenoir, and the others bandied uncertain glances about. "Don’t be stupid?" ventured Alistaire. "I should kill you now?" offered The Cat. "Do I have to murder everyone myself?" tried Siren. "No, idiots! When in doubt, go for the head. That’s what I always say.

  Frank Beddor

  Cat, Doubt, Sirens

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• They just kept grinning at me from over the stupid sign, Dopey because he's too dumb to know any better, Doc because – well, I guess because he might have been glad to see me. Doc's weird that way. Sleepy, the oldest, just stood there, looking … well, sleepy.

  Meg Cabot

  Dumb, Might, Way

  Meg Cabot (2009). “Love You to Death”, p.2, Pan Macmillan

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• For once, he slept first. She lay in the dark, listening to him breathe, stealing a little of his warmth as her own body cooled. Since he was asleep, she stroked his hair. "I love you," she murmured. "I love you so much, I'm stupid about it." With a sigh, she settled down, closed her eyes, and willed her mind to empty. Beside her, Roarke smiled into the dark. He never slept first.

  Nora Roberts

  Love You, Eye, Dark

  J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts (2011). “J. D. Robb In Death Collection”, p.1172, Penguin

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• Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Execution, Pity, Crime

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• Another thing I don't want on my tombstone," Shane said. You have others?" Claire asked. He held up one finger. "I thought it wasn't loaded," Shane said. Second finger. "Hand me a match so I can check the gas tank." Third finger. "Killed over ice cream. Basically, any death that requires me to be stupid first.

  Rachel Caine

  Tombstone, Ice Cream, Hands

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• I'm just full of surprises." Watching her, he waved the wrapped bar from side to side. "You can have the candy if you sit on my lap." That sounds like something perverted old men say to young, stupid girls." I'm not old, and you're not stupid." He sat, patted his knee. "It's Belgian chocolate." Just because I'm sitting on your lap and eating your candy doesn't mean you can cop a feel," she said as she folded into his lap.

  Nora Roberts

  Girl, Mean, Men

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